Credit: Matthew West

Harvard and Boston University brought ample firepower to last night’s Beanpot consolation game at the Garden.

Crimson center Luke Greiner registered his first career hat trick while winger Marshall Everson netted two goals to pace a 7-4 win.

“Our senior group really carried the day for us and it’s nice to see them have such a big night,” Harvard coach Ted Donato said.

Harvard (6-15-2) snapped a nine-game winless streak with its second victory against BU this season. The Crimson hadn’t won since a 6-5 overtime victory against the then-No. 8 Terreirs at Agganis Arena.

BU (13-12-1), which already was on the bubble for home ice in the opening round of the Hockey East tournament and a possible at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, has won only three games since the calendar flipped to 2013.

“My comment to Teddy Donato is you should play us all the time,” BU coach Jack Parker said. “They are 2-0 against us, and there was a lot of compete in Harvard tonight. They played hard.”

Both teams started freshman goalies. BU’s Sean Maguire made 24 saves in his 11th appearance of the season while Harvard’s Peter Traber was stellar with 43 saves in his first collegiate victory.

The Terriers arrived motivated and ready to test Traber. They went up 1-0 at 3:12 of the first period on a properly executed odd-man break into the Harvard zone. Freshman winger Mike Moran skated through the slot, took a Ryan Santana feed from the right circle and found the exposed half of the Harvard cage for his first of the season.

BU went up 2-0 while shorthanded at 11:45. Sophomore center Cason Hohmann led a break up the right flank with Wade Megan trailing. Hohmann lured Harvard defenseman Danny Biega into the circle and fed Megan in the slot for an easy one-timer, his 13th goal of the season.

But Harvard never gave up. Defenseman Dan Ford got the Crimson on the board at 13:00, and at 19:45, Biega intercepted a clear at the right circle and beat Maguire near side for his second of the season.

BU opened the middle period on the power play and went up 3-2 at 1:38. Santana fed a pass to the point, where sophomore Evan Rodrigues slapped a shot that found the gap between Traber’s pads.

Harvard retaliated with two quick goals to go up 4-3. Kyle Criscuolo found an opening from behind the BU net and hit Everson in the slot for a goal. An alert play by Conor Morrison behind the BU cage set up Greiner’s first at 4:32.

“We were trying to get the puck down low, and we’ve got some guys that can really play down there,” Greiner said. “We did some good work behind the net.”

Harvard went up 5-3 on the power play at 16:33. Brian Hart fired a slap shot from the point that Maguire kicked saved to the slot. Greiner got the rebound and fired a wrist shot high for his fifth of the season.

Everson put the Crimson up 6-3 with his second at 3:13 of the third. Bruins draft pick Alex Fallstrom fired a soft wrist shot that left Everson with a foolproof rebound.

BU made it 6-4 on the power play at 11:24. Right winger Sahir Gill attacked the Harvard cage and left Hohmann with an easy tip-in for his seventh of the season. Greiner scored a shorthanded empty-net goal at 19:52.